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Beginnings

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning”. – T.S. Eliot

“And now let us welcome the new year – full of things that have never been”. – Rainer Maria Rilke

Although the new year has started, my surroundings have entered the deep freeze of winter. Winter in Minnesota is a test of endurance and strength. It is long, cold and often difficult. Yet the beginning of rebirth and renewal in the spring, reminds us to keep faith in ourselves and our spirits. For the beauty of spring and for what is to follow, offers a new beginning to reinvent ourselves.

I long for the brilliant colors of spring but will suffice with the crisp blue skies and white snows of winter. For a new year has begun. A new beginning. A new chapter in this journey called life. And with this new beginning, each page slowly becomes written as we journey through yet another new year of life on this amazing planet.

This post was inspired by the Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginnings. To see more entries, click here.

Happy New Year, Nicole! I spent four frigid days in Minneapolis in November, so I have a lot of respect for people who make it through the whole winter — and I love what you wrote about how it makes you appreciate the spring and rebirth so keenly. Lovely images, too!